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Does anyone have the skin disease called scleroderma? I'd be
interested in treatments and any dermatologist recomendations.
Thannks!!
Anon
Hi,
I have had a client in my nutrition practice with scleroderma. As it is an
autoimmune disease, we worked on mitigating inflammation through dietary
changes,
particularly foods that may be provocative. We further checked out any
exposures that could be triggers, such as heavy metals. Additionally,
stress reduction and
exercise played important roles in her feeling better.
Nori Hudson
I was diagnosed with sclera derma shortly after giving birth to
my first child. It is a serious autoimmune disease that needs to
be monitored - you should be seeing a rheumatologist. I recently
saw a dermatologist who told me he works with sclera derma
patients as prescribed by the rheumatologist. A well known
rheumatologist, who happens to specialize in sclera derma, is
Dr. Neal Birnbaum at 2100 Webster in SF. So far he has not
offered any treatment, and as I understood it there are no
medications that rid one of the disease or even can control it's
progression, but there are medications that can assist in
relieving pain and discomfort. As I had been nursing until
recently I have not explored any of the meds.
Good luck.
anon
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